Can you see the spider? It's a faint dot in the middle against the blue sky. I have labelled it.
(By the way, that is a narrow 7 for the distance measurement.
I should have taken more care with the font)
This spider is a new guest, just outside our back door; at least it is new to this position in the middle of almost nowhere.
The location astonishes us as she hangs suspended in space, at least 3' from the nearest launching pad. How does she make a web with nothing to hold onto? We find it amazing, She spends her off hours resting in the shade of the umbrella to the left (also labelled).
I haven't seen too many victims in her web. I hope for her sake she is getting fed at night. When you get to the closeup, below, you will see that there is something in the web, but I don't know what it is, perhaps just fluff, and it was gone the next morning.
I got out my macro lens, but from that distance, looking way up against the sky, it was still too small to suit me, so I cropped and then enlarged the image. There she is in all her beauty hanging upside down on invisible gossamer threads against the sky.
Ain't she cute? Don't you want to take her home?
I don't mind spiders, but I don't think I'll take her home quite yet.
ReplyDeleteI have one living here and there within the frame of my livingroom window. We like her and hope she stays for the duration of summer. She collects the pesky insects that gather on the big expanse of glass, parcels them up and deposits them in one bottom corner of the windowsill, for us to remove.
ReplyDeleteI've never had a bad experience with a spider but I still have some primal dislike of them. As long as they are outside I'm okay. If they are inside and I see them, then one of us dies.
ReplyDeleteThat's an extraordinary photograph. What a capture! 🕷️
ReplyDeleteWonderful photo.
ReplyDeleteShe's all yours! I won't be taking her off your hands. Great photos though.
ReplyDeleteNo thanks, I have one of my own on the pink geranium.
ReplyDeleteNow THAT is a fantastic photo and story. Maybe the other end of her web is the spot 7 metres away!
ReplyDeleteShe is determined.
ReplyDeleteI do think spider webs are amazing! But I don't want any spiders inside my house or on me.
ReplyDeleteYou are much cuter; not the spider. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteah, I like her - I'm glad you've let her be!
ReplyDeleteWell I sure never expected this today! Nope, don't need any more spiders. There's a horrible little black jumping spider in my bedroom right now, and of course every time I try to capture it to send it to a happier outdoor place, she just jumps out of sight. Grrr. I have talked to her about when I am sleeping and how it's not polite to sit on my head or other positions waiting for who knows what she might find to eat. There have been some fruit flies known to come visit every once in a while.
ReplyDeleteIt seems from the previous comments, AC, that your orb weaver will be safely ensconced in your home for the foreseeable future. Thanks, but no thanks, from us as we already have a couple of our own visitors on the outside windows.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful baby! And holy cow she sure traveled far.
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Always impressed by spiders, but thanks, we have enough of our own, ha.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture! I was temporarily confused over the 7 that looks like a 1....
ReplyDeleteWe have the odd spider here...living in a log house, one particular one in the kitchen window with whom I have one-sided conversations. He's not too talkative. There is a 'daddy-long-legs', (yes I know that is not a spider) living on the verandah, in one of my plant pots, and regularly scouts across the screens for food. Like to see them. No problems with long legged critters here!
I don't mind spiders. Great shot of her.
ReplyDeleteYou got a spectacular shot of the spider and you have a good story to go along with it.
ReplyDeleteMacro lens opens a world of possibilities
ReplyDeleteGreat photos. As I live in a "complex," multiple buildings, I fear "they" have sprayed away all the insect life we might see. I miss my own former buggy yard. :-)
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